A collaboration between Nastassia Brückin and Kayten Schmidt exploring the art of undressing, composition and a return to the nude figure (or partially nude but with the pleasure of wearing only one item).

Using the waist as a metaphoric and visual focal point, representing the centering of one's thoughts and priorities (finding what is important in an over saturated visual existence) or the center of the frame, composing and cropping around it, searching for the golden ratio.

"I am neither subject nor object, but a subject who feels s/he is becoming an object."

from Camera Lucida, ROLAND BARTHES, 1980

– $120.00

#4 Self Portraitby Kimbra Audrey

– $120.00

Kimbra Audrey is an American photographer living in Paris.

She takes self-portraits shot exclusively on film which she develops herself at home.

#5 Collage by Ophelia Mikkelson and Ryder Jones

Hands Alone (isolated Movement)

The Artemision Bronze (Sculpture): ca 460bc There are two hands. One points in a direction unknown and the other is empty. The empty hand poses a mystery. When the Artemision Bronze was dragged up from the seafloor there was no trace of what the hand was holding. If he were Poseidon he'd grip a trident. If he were Zeus he'd hold a lighting bolt. - Ryder Jones

Do you have a notable memory or experience from making this waist journal?

N: Many, but perhaps Yasmine and I doing the language of flowers story. By the time we'd finished my kitchen was strewn with candles, matches, cans of sardines, and many, many flowers. It was like being inside a still life painting and I remember wanting to leave it exactly like that from then on (although that was somewhat impractical).

# 8 WAIST 02 TEXT

The notes written by WAIST 02 editor, Yasmine Ganley, during the early stages of creation, and designed by Natasha Mead.

In Heavy Traffic Allow For More Breathing Space. Strategy Against Loneliness. Saturn and Melancholy. Aggressive Privacy – Joan Didion. Poetry After Breakfast – Milton Avery. The Revolutionary Act of Listening – Gloria Steinem. Every Year is a New Land. Dealing With Anxiety on An Empty Stomach. The Theatre of Everyday. We Make The Best Decisions Based on our Worst.